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  • 1. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1968 fiction book "Airport"?

    • A.

      Arthur Hailey

    • B.

      William J. Locke

    • C.

      Emil Ludwig

    • D.

      Ely Culbertson

    Correct Answer
    A. Arthur Hailey
  • 2. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1968 nonfiction book "Listen to the Warm"?

    • A.

      Sinclair Lewis

    • B.

      Winston Churchill

    • C.

      Rod McKuen

    • D.

      Axel Munthe

    Correct Answer
    C. Rod McKuen
  • 3. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1969 fiction book "The Inheritors"?

    • A.

      Eugene Brieux

    • B.

      Harold Robbins

    • C.

      Alexander Woollcott

    • D.

      Frank Norris

    Correct Answer
    B. Harold Robbins
  • 4. 

    Who was the author of the 1970 fiction book "Love Story"?

    • A.

      Erich Segal

    • B.

      Francis Hackett

    • C.

      John Galsworthy

    • D.

      James Truslow Adams

    Correct Answer
    A. Erich Segal
  • 5. 

    Who was the author of the 1970 nonfiction book "Up the Organization"?

    • A.

      Mary Roberts Rinehart

    • B.

      Robert Townsend

    • C.

      William J. Bennett

    • D.

      P. C. Wren

    Correct Answer
    B. Robert Townsend
  • 6. 

    Who was the author of the 1971 nonfiction book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"?

    • A.

      George A. Dorsey

    • B.

      Winston Churchill

    • C.

      Dee Brown

    • D.

      Robert Lansing

    Correct Answer
    C. Dee Brown
  • 7. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1972 fiction book "The Day of the Jackal"?

    • A.

      Frederick Forsyth

    • B.

      Alice Caldwell Hegan

    • C.

      Clare Barnes Jr.

    • D.

      Mary Augusta Ward

    Correct Answer
    A. Frederick Forsyth
  • 8. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1972 nonfiction book "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution"?

    • A.

      Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    • B.

      Mary Cholmondeley

    • C.

      Bill Mauldin

    • D.

      Robert C. Atkins

    Correct Answer
    D. Robert C. Atkins
  • 9. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1973 nonfiction book "The Living Bible"?

    • A.

      Meredith Nicholson

    • B.

      Lulu Hunt Peters

    • C.

      Kenneth Taylor

    • D.

      A. A. Milne

    Correct Answer
    C. Kenneth Taylor
  • 10. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1974 fiction book "Watership Down"?

    • A.

      Lloyd C. Douglas

    • B.

      Frank Yerby

    • C.

      Richard Adams

    • D.

      Owen Johnson

    Correct Answer
    C. Richard Adams
  • 11. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1974 nonfiction book "Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman"?

    • A.

      Sinclair Lewis

    • B.

      Alfred Aloysius Horn And Ethelreda Lewis

    • C.

      Merle Miller

    • D.

      Daphne Du Maurier

    Correct Answer
    C. Merle Miller
  • 12. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1975 nonfiction book "Sylvia Porter's Money Book"?

    • A.

      Sylvia Porter

    • B.

      Andre Maurois

    • C.

      Warwick Deeping

    • D.

      H. G. Wells

    Correct Answer
    A. Sylvia Porter
  • 13. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1976 nonfiction book "The Final Days"?

    • A.

      Wendell L. Willkie

    • B.

      Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein

    • C.

      Rachel L. Carson

    • D.

      Booth Tarkington

    Correct Answer
    B. Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein
  • 14. 

    Who was the author of the 1977 fiction book "The Thorn Birds"?

    • A.

      John A. Schindler

    • B.

      Colleen McCullough

    • C.

      Warwick Deeping

    • D.

      Gayelord Hauser

    Correct Answer
    B. Colleen McCullough
  • 15. 

    Who was the author of the 1977 nonfiction book "All Things Wise and Wonderful"?

    • A.

      James Herriot

    • B.

      Peter B. Kyne

    • C.

      Winston Churchill

    • D.

      William L. Shirer

    Correct Answer
    A. James Herriot

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